Chase Answers

06/05/2026

I recently went to the Cabildo for an evening with Michalopoulos. Knowing Chase has an interest art and in touring homes and buildings I thought he would like this lovely book. When I gave Chase the book he immediately started reading it and didn’t stop until he got to the end!!! ~Mimi 🙌📖🖼️🏡

CHASE: “IT WAS MORE THAN I EVER READ IN MY LIFE. I STARTED MY INTEREST HAVING REAL PLANS FOR MY TIME IN THE HOUSE. I NEED THE WORK TO HELP ME QUIET MY MIND. I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE BOOKS ARCHITECTURE AND ARTIST.”

Mimi: What did you like most about the book?

CHASE: “WORDS OF LIFE REALLY MEANINGFUL” 🙌🔡♥️📖








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06/05/2026

06/04/2026

Join Kelley Howe for a NEW webinar!
Beyond a Purposeful Poke: Supporting Motor Skills Beyond the Letterboard

📆 Two opportunities to catch the webinar.
Tuesday, June 16
1:00 pm ET
7:00 pm ET - This session will include Spanish translation

Register for FREE:
i-asc.org/event/beyond-a-purposeful-poke-supporting-motor-skills-beyond-the-letterboard/

This webinar will explore how to coach purposeful motor skills that help spellers build greater control, independence, and confidence in everyday tasks. We’ll discuss how motor planning, regulation, and intentional movement show up in real-life activities and share practical strategies for supporting purposeful actions across environments. Whether you’re a practitioner, parent, or ally this session will offer actionable tools to help your speller build motor skills beyond the board.

06/04/2026

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06/03/2026

Explore how inflammation, infections, and mold exposure may impact autism symptoms, behavior, learning, and emotional regulation.

06/01/2026

Hello June!!! 🌞

HAPPY JUNE!🩷
May this month be filled with your favorite memories!

05/29/2026

FEATURED FRIEND…. CLAIRE 💝

“CLAIRE IS REALLY SWEET. WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE WE WERE VERY YOUNG. SHE CAN DO LOTS TO CHANGE THE CALLING MY VOICE CANNOT. YOU ARE AMAZING MY FRIEND.” ~ CHASE





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05/27/2026

Elizabeth Bonker stopped speaking when she was 15 months old.

Within hours, her words were gone. Her mother Virginia described watching it happen in real time — her daughter’s voice simply disappeared.

Doctors didn’t offer much hope. But her family refused to give up. At age five, Elizabeth was taught to type. And when she typed her first words, something extraordinary became clear.

She had never stopped having something to say. She just hadn’t been given a way to say it.

Elizabeth went on to graduate as valedictorian of Rollins College in Florida. She delivered her commencement address to thousands of people — not with her voice, but through text-to-speech software. The speech went viral.

“I am not special,” she said. “We need to change the way the world sees non-speaking autism. It is a neuromotor disorder, not a cognitive one.”

She founded Communication 4 ALL — a nonprofit built on one principle: that communication is a basic human right. 26 letters. A stencil. An internet connection. That’s all it takes to unlock a mind that the world wrote off.

An estimated 31 million people worldwide are non-speaking and autistic. Most have never been taught to type, point to a board, or use an AAC device. Not because it’s impossible. Because nobody gave them the chance.

Elizabeth is trying to change that — one letter at a time.

Source: Communication 4 ALL / Newsweek / Rollins College